Toy telephone



Oct. 14, 1930. N. w. HILL 5 TOY TELEPHONE Filed April 28, *1930 w 3 M7 2: e 23 AKA 0 78 M. 1-1-- Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE,

NORMAN W. HILL OF EAST HAMPTON CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE N. HILII BRASS COMPANY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION TOY TELEPHONE Application filed April 28,

This invention relates to an improvement in toy telephones and particularly to toy telephones which simulate the continental type, such, for instance, as is shown and described in application filed by me on January 21, 1930, Serial No. 422,316.

The object of this invention is to provide a toy telephone of the type described which can be produced at a low cost for manufacture, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and par ticularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a toy telephone con structed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a broken front view, with the gong of the bell removed;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the base of the bell, detached; and

i Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the belloperating rack, detached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a base 10 of any suitable design, and mounted on the base 10 is a post 11 carrying a yoke 12 at its upper end. WVithin the yoke is a cradle 13 upon which the handle 14 of a telephoneinstrument rests. At one end of the handle is the simulation of a receiver 15 and at the other end the simulation of a transmitter 16, and the receiver 15 is connected with the base 10 by a cord 17. The cradle is guided for verthe line 44 pinion 27 which is formed with, or connected to, a gear 28 meshing with a central pinion 29 mounted on a post 30 which also carries strikers 31. The rack is also formed with a slot 32 through which the central post 30 extends,

. ate in the same manner as shown and detical movement by a pin 18 which extends.

1930. Serial No. 447,814.

so that the rackis guided for vertical movement and held in mesh with the pinion 27. This rack is held in its raised position by a spring 33 connected with the base and with the lower end of the rack, which is provided with a hook 34 for this purpose. The lower end of the rack is turned rearward, forming a lip 35 which rides against the inner surface of the base 23 to assist in holding the rack in a vertical position.

If the base is provided with dial-mechanism 36, such dial-mechanism may be released by the pin 18 extending through the post 11, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 4, to operscribed in the above-mentioned application.

The telephone-instrument rests upon the cradle, and a downward movement of the instrument depresses the cradle, moving the rack downward and causing the bell to ring, or the instrument may be removed and a downward pressure by the fingers upon the cradle will also ring the bell.

It is obvious that various bell-mechanisms may be employed, as the particular construction of the bell is immaterial to this invention.

I claim:

1. In a toy telephone-set, the combination 1 with a base, of a bell-support uprising therei from, a mechanically-operated bell secured to the said bell-support, means for operating the bell, and a horizontally-arranged receiversupport cooperating with the said bell-operating means to sound the bell, the said receiver-support being centrally located above the top of the said bell-support.

2. In a toy telephone-set, the combination with a base, of a post mounted thereon, a vertically-movable cradle located above the top of said post, a mechanically-operated bell secured to said post, and vertically-movable means connected with said cradle and coopcrating with the said bell for sounding the same.

3. In a toy telephone-set, the combination 95, with a base, of a vertically-arranged post mounted thereon, a stationary yoke secured to the top of the said post, a verticallymovable cradle located within said yoke,'a boll mounted on the post below the said yoke, and

vertically-movable means connected with the cradle for operating said bell.

4. In a toy telephone-set, the combination with a base, of a post mounted thereon, a vertically-movable cradle located above the top of said post, a bellanechanisni secured to the said post, including a base a vertically-1110 able rack extending into said base and into engagement with one of the pinions of the bell-mechanism, and a connection between the upper end of the rack and the said cradle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

NORMAN W. HILL. 

